Maury Shenk

CEO LearnerShape | Director PeopleCert | Entrepreneur, investor & lawyer #AI #edtech

[Maury Shenk @mdshenk]

@vueling is an awful airline. They stole from me this week by selling a carry-on bag only ticket via Expedia that turned out to include only a tiny under seat bag (and cost €92 in fees for a small carry-on bag). Saw multiple other people hit with the same scam during the trip.

[Maury Shenk @mdshenk]

@British_Airways We arrived Amman last night for a wedding and my wife's bag (with wedding clothes and gifts) did not arrive "due to ... insufficient capacity on the aircraft", and won't be delivered for 3 days. Do you have any reason we should remain loyal BA frequent flyers?

[Maury Shenk @mdshenk]

My UK company made small cryptocurrency investments via @coinbase, using an account at @CoinBaseUK that supports funding via SWIFT payments. Now having great difficulty getting our funds out via SWIFT - Coinbase seem not to understand how int'l SWIFT payments work. Buyer beware!

[Maury Shenk @mdshenk]

@BarclaysUKHelp Thank you. I tried to submit a complaint via the Partner Finance team but got cut off after a long wait on the phone. I will go ahead with the email complaint.

[Maury Shenk @mdshenk]

Trying to buy new @Apple iPhone 14 with the @Barclays / @BarclaysUK 0% financing offer. Despite strong credit am being repeatedly declined, with request to provide information that online form does not allow me to provide. Something fishy about this offer -- does not appear real.

[Maury Shenk @mdshenk]

@VodafoneUK I know what is in my tariffs @VodafoneUK. The problem is that I have a UK and an international tariff and neither includes the Channel Islands. Particularly deceptive since Channel Islands numbers look like UK numbers. I'll just raise it with @Ofcom.

[Maury Shenk @mdshenk]

@VodafoneUK charges to the Channel Islands are a clever cheat -- neither in UK plans nor in international plans. Anyone want to join a complaint to @Ofcom?

[Maury Shenk @mdshenk]

@HSBC_UK has sent me a notice with a summary of new T&Cs taking effect in August, but the text of the new terms is not available until they take effect. Some lawyer there has misunderstood what a notice means -- very likely not legally valid without the terms!

[Maury Shenk @mdshenk]

Cory @doctorow on #web3 and #decentralization https://t.co/x8LTRoe3j5 A refreshing alternative perspective to the usual shtick that web3 / #blockchain is either going to take over the world, or not.

[Maury Shenk @mdshenk]

Incredibly clever intuition behind @OpenAI DALL·E 2 image generation system https://t.co/9Dtbi4FPTi #AI #NLP

[Maury Shenk @mdshenk]

Went to Paperchase @FromPaperchase in Putney last week and was told I had a free card on my account to use on my next purchase. Just went back to buy a card and was told it was no longer there! I'll be taking my business somewhere else.

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[Maury Shenk @mdshenk]

Rather amazing description of customer-adverse customer service at @monzo https://t.co/8XdJ5tl4mx

[Maury Shenk @mdshenk]

The #Green Future Index from MIT Technology Review @techreview has very interesting insights on which countries are doing well with #sustainability. Proud that UK where I live is 4th behind only Iceland, Denmark and Netherlands. https://t.co/tzLIomi4EC

[Maury Shenk @mdshenk]

@coinbase reports that random forest #machinelearning is useful for predicting #cryptoasset pricing - https://t.co/GLxQzOlipq. Makes intuitive sense given the many uncorrelated factors influencing pricing.

[Maury Shenk @mdshenk]

Signed up for @VodafoneUK Pro Broadband including WiFi Xperts: "As a Vodafone Pro customer, you’ll get right through to the dedicated team, with no waiting around." Now trying to set it up, they won't respond to my calls or online chat, for a few weeks now.

[Maury Shenk @mdshenk]

Photo of me and @LearnerShape receiving the CogX Award 2022 for Best Innovation | Open Source Technology. @CogX_Festival #opensource #edtech #award

[Maury Shenk @mdshenk]

Insightful blog by @doctorow why right-wing cruelty is a populist smokescreen for politics that benefit the wealthy and powerful https://t.co/QpohLBHZzn

[Maury Shenk @mdshenk]

Great piece from @doctorow on why #DeFi is creating #leverage and complexity like that which led to the global financial crisis -- https://t.co/AwqQHsMx1x

[Maury Shenk @mdshenk]

Great article by @GaryMarcus on the need for hybrid #AI. Deep Learning Is Hitting a Wall https://t.co/u1r0Vct2wz